Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to GNOME libxml2 denial of service vulnerability [ CVE-2024-25062]

Summary

Potential GNOME libxml2 denial of service vulnerability [ CVE-2024-25062] have been identified that could affect IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data. The vulnerability have been addressed. Refer to details for additional information.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2024-25062
**DESCRIPTION:**GNOME libxml2 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a use-after-free flaw in the xmlValidatePopElement() function. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted content, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/281615 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

For all affected versions, IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading to the latest (v5.0.1 or later releases) release of IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data which maintains backward compatibility with the versions listed above.

Follow instructions for Installing Watson Assistant in Link to Release (v5.0.1 release information)

https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/5.0.x

Workarounds and Mitigations

None